"It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state"
- Bruce Schneier
About this Quote
This quote by Bruce Schneier is a warning versus the possible misuse of innovation. He is recommending that it is reckless to create and install technologies that could be used to produce a cops state. An authorities state is a federal government that exercises absolute control over its residents, typically through the use of overbearing measures such as surveillance and censorship. Schneier is cautioning us to be conscious of the ramifications of the technologies we create and install, as they could be utilized to create a society where citizens are denied of their basic rights and freedoms. He is urging us to be familiar with the possible repercussions of our actions and to reconsider before producing and installing technologies that might be used to oppress people.
This quote is written / told by Bruce Schneier somewhere between January 15, 1963 and today. He/she was a famous Scientist from USA.
The author also have 5 other quotes.
"If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, then anyone can do it. It's not that big a deal. And the Eagles! They did it! They severely hated each other. It's just rock and roll"
"After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military"
"In the police force, two, three, five traitors are detected who are really working for someone else. When we cleanse the police of them, the problem will be simplified a lot. Terrorists will have no one to contact - they will be left without informers"
"On the one hand, the guns were there to help capture the imagination of the people. But more important, since we knew that you couldn't observe the police without guns, we took our guns with us to let the police know that we have an equalizer"
"If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center"
